| Zenaida ingrata me trais rendido
| Zenaida ungrateful you have me exhausted
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| Desde el momento en que te conoci
| From the moment that I met you
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| Muchos amores he conocido
| I have known many loves
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| Pero ninguno se parece a ti
| But none of them look like you
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| Paloma blanca prenda tus alas
| white dove catch your wings
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| Para volar al jardin aquel
| To fly to that garden
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| Tan delicioso que ami me encanta
| So delicious that I love it
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| Quiero endulsarme con tu linda piel
| I want to sweeten myself with your pretty skin
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| En este mundo ya nadie sobra
| In this world no one is left
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| No ha de faltar quien me sepa querer
| There must be no lack of someone who knows how to love me
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| Y a la de buena que to soy hombre
| And to the good one that I am a man
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| No desgraciado con una mujer
| Not unhappy with a woman
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| Soy marinero de puerto en puerto
| I am a sailor from port to port
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| Y que navego en un buque de vapor
| And that I sail on a steamship
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| Y ando en busca de mi Zenaida
| And I'm looking for my Zenaida
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| Que se enbarco para Nueva York
| That he sailed for New York
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| Anda Zenaida no seas ingrata
| Come on Zenaida don't be ungrateful
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| Con el que tanto te supo querer
| With the one who knew how to love you so much
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| De ti me ausento y quisas nunca
| I am absent from you and maybe never
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| En este mundo me vuelvas a ver
| In this world you see me again
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| Zenaida ingrata ya me despido
| Zenaida ungrateful I already say goodbye
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| Por que mañana me voy de aqui
| because tomorrow I'm leaving here
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| Y si algun dia de mi te acuerdas
| And if one day you remember me
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| Mas nunca digas que quedo por mi | But never say that I stay for me |